I don't really have a good grasp as to how to efficiently force the program to check every x seconds?
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It turns out that $mw->after(1000, \&sub); works.. then just add that into the sub to repeat..

Hi, Tk::after is usually used for a one-shot delay. What you want is Tk::repeat. Try

When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you:

Use two parentheses: (Like this: :) )
Use one parenthesis: (Like this: :)
Reverse direction of the smiley: (Like this: (: )
Use angle/square brackets instead of parentheses
Use C-style commenting to set the smiley off from the closing parenthesis
Make the smiley a dunce: (:>
I disapprove of emoticons
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